Traveling in this area - outrageous Turnpike tolls and gas prices

[bluecarebear]

Originally Posted by ram2

What free ride? All motorists pay user fees. If politicians squander that money, that is not my problem.

Yep, the politicians constantly have their hands out for transportation. "Our bridges are crumbling!" The tax payers keep shelling out money and it is the same story every other year. The need for tolls falls along the bust of gambling. Remember how gambling was supposed to solve the property tax issues? I-80 will become a toll road and the government will still find a need to raise transportation funding.

[bluecarebear]

Originally Posted by Gnutella

Yeah, shame on Pennsylvania for building all those mountains to make its Turnpike a more difficult drive. Wait a minute...

By the way, is six lanes wide enough for you?

WVA literally moved mountains to expand the L corridor of 19 in a couple of years. The same project would take PA 20 years to complete.

[Craziaskowboi]

Originally Posted by bluecarebear

WVA literally moved mountains to expand the L corridor of 19 in a couple of years.

Oh really?

Originally Posted by James E. Casto

Construction of Corridor L was started in 1969 and completed in 1978 at a cost of $174 million in state and federal funds.

"A couple of years" my ass. That's essentially a decade.

Originally Posted by bluecarebear

The same project would take PA 20 years to complete.

Prove it.